The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Cat Claws

If you have a cat, you know the claws they wield. Protect your furniture with aluminum foil! If your kitty won't stop clawing at one piece of your chair or a part of the rug, cover it in foil and they should lose interest ASAP.

Steady Rug

Have a rug that just won't sit still? Add some caulk to the bottom! It won't move at all and won't damage the rug. The slip in your carpeting won't be able to withstand this incredible life hack!

The More You Know

In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
There's only one country in the world that doesn't use the metric system.
Your brain is sometimes more active when you're asleep than when you're awake.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.